The Aftermath

ID: 5281 ~ Source: Image courtesy of Daniel Hagerman, Pixels.

This file appears in: The Collapse of the Division Street Bridge: A Tragedy Paved the Way for Concrete Bridges

The people of Spokane gather along the river to view the broken beams and gas lines that contributed to the chaos of the Division Street bridge disaster.

This file appears in: The Collapse of the Division Street Bridge: A Tragedy Paved the Way for Concrete Bridges

The Collapse of the Division Street Bridge: A Tragedy Paved the Way for Concrete Bridges

By Steven Fry

With five men dead, twelve injured, and neighborhoods cut off from gas and electricity, the collapse of the Division Street bridge in 1915 remains one of Spokane's worst disasters. In the wake of the…